Sunday, April 29, 2007

5:23 PM

Does one outgrow one's friends? From sharing so many memories to suddenly finding that you no longer find what they say funny, to thinking that they don't understand you anymore. Is it the mindset with which you approach your lives different now? Or is it simply a growing laziness to catch up with what is going on in each other's lives, to constantly be there for each other?

Some people remain as great friends as ever, regardless of the time past, or how infrequent the contact. Yet others simply fade into the background, and cease to be as important as before. What about all the things you once shared? Will you be satisfied with them remaining as memories, or will you try to cling onto what was, rather than acknowledging what is?

Will this feeling fade with time, and you find yourselves great friends, just like before? Or will this friendship simply cease to exist, and you wonder some time into the future how it all came down to this?

I guess I have started conversations with a biased mind, and perhaps it became self-fulfilling. But I can't help but think that we are no longer on the same stage of life as before. Are friendships that fragile, that they can't even stand the test of time? Or is it my fault, am I unable to retain friendships after moving onto a different stage of my life? I wish I knew the answer.